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HOWARD v. MAGGIO

No. 75-4222.

540 F.2d 1280 (1976)

Paul Harry HOWARD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ross MAGGIO, Jr., acting warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 22, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick C. McGinity, New Orleans, La. (court appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Ralph Roy, Asst. Dist. Atty., 19th Judicial Dist., Parish of Eastern Baton Rouge, Ossie B. Brown, Dist. Atty., William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before AINSWORTH and RONEY, Circuit Judges, and ALLGOOD, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

The district court, relying on the State Court record and without an evidentiary hearing, denied Howard, a Louisiana state prisoner, habeas relief. We affirm.

Howard was sentenced to ninety-nine years at hard labor after conviction by a jury for armed robbery. The Louisiana Supreme Court affirmed, State v. Howard, 262 La. 270, 263 So.2d 32. Howard argues four constitutional...

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